Improvement in combined cigar-cutter and match-safe



W. OfSHIMONEOK. Combined Cigar-Cutter and Mat0h-Safe.

No. 217,293. Patented July 8,1879.

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WILLIAM G. SHIMONEOK, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBIN ED CIGAR-CUTTER AND MATCH-SAFE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,298, dated July 8, 1879 application filed May 28, 1879. v

To all whom it may tonccrn:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. Srrnvro NECK, of Washington, in the county of Washington and District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined GiganGutter and Match-Safe; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference otcd cover, as shown. This cover is held out of contact with the body by the constant force of a spiral or other spring, and is provided with apertures of difl'erent diameters, adapted to receive the points of ditferent-sized cigars. A knife, having inclined cutting-surfaces to correspond with the apertures aforesaid, is pi voted to the body, and a proper spring holds it in constant contact with the hinged or pivoted cover. A curved slot, holding a guide pin or lug, prevents the cover from springing out of operation, and a proper thumb-bearingallows convenient operation of the device.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the rectangular box or body, having the sliding door A to allow the removal of clippings,

and an attached cup or reservoir, A for toothpicks, matches, or the like.

Rigid with the bottom plate of thisbody A is a curved standard, E, having a recess, 0, in its upper extremity, of proper proportion to receive and hold one match at a time. This standard describes a segment of a circle corresponding to an are made from the pivot 00 of a hinged cover, B, having two or more circular apertures, D, to receive the points oi oigars, and carrying a match receptacle or reservoir, B, with a hopper or mouth, b", and a thumb-plate, b, as shown. Acurved guide, b serves to modify or control the upward stroke of the cover, in connection with a pin, b as I shown.

Pivoted to the body at w is a spring-knife, G, held in constant contact With the hinged cover B by a spiral or other proper spring, D,

and it is provided with two or more inclined cutting-edges, c, to give adraw cut to the point of a cigar inserted in the orifice D,as shown.

A lug or stud, Gr, upon the inner surface of the match-safe B serves to tip the match into convenient grasping attitude, the corresponding corner of thecurved standard E being properly cut away to allow this action.

. The match-safe operates to present one match tilted at each depression of the hinged plate B, and the cutting device operates automatically with a draw cut, as shown.

What claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- The box A A standard E 6, spring D, and knife O 0, combined with the cover B, having apertures D, match-safe B b b, and lag G, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of May, 1879.

O. SHIMONEOK.

Witnesses H. CLAY SMITH, H. J. ENNIS. 

